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"Take these people with you. Let Duan Ya properly interrogate them." With a wave of his hand, Xiao Ba Ya ordered the guards to tie up Cheng Kang and the others.

"You will regret this, you will definitely regret this. Han Xiao, you little person, I will remember you." Cheng Kang shouted in anger as he watched the guards tie them up.

Hearing Cheng Kang's arrogant voice, Han Xiao turned his head and said indifferently, "We'll talk about it after you leave the Imperial City." With that, Han Xiao saw Xiao Ba Ya's hesitant appearance and said with a faint smile, "Grandfather, you should also go back and rest early."

"Seventh Prince, why don't you stay with this old official for a night in the Xiao family's residence?" Xiao Ba Cliff frowned as he looked at Zhu Jing and said.

Because Xiao Ba Cliff did not know that the first city bamboo scenery was Han Xiao's property, he thought that Han Xiao came here to have fun.

Han Xiao naturally knew what Xiao Ba Ya was thinking. He turned around and said, "Grandfather, don't worry. It's not like I'm a child who knows what to do."

"Ai, it's up to you." Xiao Ba Ya helplessly waved his hand and turned around, but just as he took a few steps, he saw a person riding a spirit beast rushing towards them in a panic. Before he could see who it was, that person jumped off the spirit beast and rushed straight into the bamboo view of a city.

"Jie'er, my Jie'er." A sorrowful sound came from inside, as if that person was crying with all his strength.

"Zuo You Shi?" Han Xiao and Xiao Ba Ya exclaimed at the same time when they heard that familiar voice, and before they could go in to identify him, they saw Zuo You Shi rushing out of the bamboo landscape with a pair of furious eyes. He held a long sword in his hand, and bellowed with a killing intent: "Who, who killed my son?"

"Prime Minister Zuo, they were the ones who killed Zuo Jie." When Han Xiao saw Zuo Jie lose control of himself, a dark light flashed across his eyes as he pointed towards Cheng Kang and the others.

Following Han Xiao's gaze, Zuo You Shi saw a few people being suppressed by the guards. His eyes were filled with rage as he charged towards Cheng Kang and the others with his sword.

Seeing that Zuo You had lost control, Han Xiao quickly stood in front of Zuo You and said, "Prime Minister Zuo, they can't kill him yet."

"Get out of the way, I don't care if they can kill me or not, I want to kill them to avenge Jie Er." Zuo You glared at Han Xiao and said.

Han Xiao sighed softly and said helplessly, "Prime Minister Zuo, they call themselves members of the Devil Shadow Sect and they are third brother's friends. Although there isn't any complete evidence right now, if they really are, then it would be equivalent to offending the Devil Shadow Sect. The Devil Shadow Sect isn't something the Cloud Sky Empire can deal with right now, even if we say that they aren't from the Devil Shadow Sect, but from third brother.

Hearing Han Xiao's words, Zuo You slowly calmed down, but the killing intent around his body didn't diminish in the slightest. "They really said he was good friends with the Third Prince?"

"Yes, everyone heard it, but we'll know whether it's tomorrow or not." Han Xiao said indifferently.

"Alright, I'll listen to what the seventh prince has to say today. However, I want to bring them to the Prime Minister's Estate for interrogation." Zuo You said.

"About this, I think we should give them to Duan Ya. Moreover, Zuo Jie's corpse needs to be brought back by Prime Minister Zuo." Han Xiao hesitated.

Seeing that Han Xiao was worried that he would not be able to control himself from killing Cheng Kang and the others, Zuo You Shi coldly snorted and put away his top-grade Spirit Treasure. He then turned around and entered the city's bamboo view to bring out Zuo Jie's corpse.

Meanwhile, after Xiao Ba Ya saw that Zuo You Shi had left, he told Han Xiao that he also left with his guards and Cheng Kang.

In the blink of an eye, the noisy entrance suddenly quietened down. The people inside the bamboo scenery of Yicheng City acted as if they didn't see what had happened today and continued to play as before.

Han Xiao frowned slightly. He directly walked through the hall towards the bamboo garden and saw its darkness. Han Xiao thought that Xiao Ke Er had gone to sleep, but he didn't expect to see Xiao Ke Er standing in the middle of the courtyard as he raised his head to look at the sky.

"Ke Er, you're still awake?" She looked at Xiao Ke Er in astonishment.

"I can't fall asleep from the outside. Han Xiao, where's Shao Moke?" Xiao Ke Er slowly turned around and asked.

"Shawmak went out for a while. He should be back soon." Han Xiao calculated that it was about time for Xiao Moke to return.

"Then what's going on outside? Why is it so lively?" Xiao Ke Er asked curiously.

"It's just a small matter. Ke'er, I'll wait for Shao Moke. You should go back and rest early first." Han Xiao said.

"I've already been lying down for an afternoon. I'm not sleepy now." As Xiao Ke Er spoke, she sat on the stone bench in the courtyard.

Seeing that Xiao Ke Er had something to say to him, Han Xiao could only sit down and say with a faint smile, "Ke'er, aren't you angry after lying down for an entire afternoon?"

"Who says I'm angry? I don't have the time to be angry with a rascal like you." Xiao Ke Er curled her lips as she spoke.

"Yes, yes. I am a scoundrel and a vile character, right?" As he looked at Xiao Ke Er, he doted on her as if she were his own little sister.

Sensing Han Xiao's gaze, Xiao Ke Er lifted her head and saw the love in Han Xiao's eyes. Her heart ached, but that bitterness was immediately dispersed.

"I'm just angry at you for hiding something from me. Shouldn't there be no secrets between friends?" Xiao Ke Er looked straight into Han Xiao's eyes as she spoke.

Seeing the seriousness in Xiao Ke Er's eyes, Han Xiao said with a smile, "Indeed."

"Eh, Xiao Ke Er, you haven't slept, and the two of you have made up?" Xiao Moke pushed open the door and saw Han Xiao and Xiao Ke Er sitting on the stone bench, not knowing what to say. Moreover, Xiao Ke Er didn't seem to be angry anymore.

"I'm not a stingy person, and since you're back, I'll go back to sleep." Xiao Ke'er fiercely glared at Xiao Moke before she got up and quickly ran back to her room on the second floor.

"What happened to her?" Shmok asked.

"I don't know. Shao Moke, thank you for today. I'm going to the imperial court tomorrow morning, so I'll leave early. After you and Ke'er wake up, just take my identity token and head to the palace." With that, Han Xiao got up, found a room, and closed the door behind him, ignoring the depressed Xiao Moke.

The next morning, Han Xiao slowly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of impure Qi, feeling the circulating Origin Energy in his body. Han Xiao stretched, packed up and left the house, because it was already autumn and even though the sky was already shining brightly, the bright moon still hung high in the sky, shining with a white light, indicating that it was not willing to leave.

"There are only two hours left before the time for the assembly. Looks like I have to make good use of this time." Han Xiao looked at the sky and quickly left.

"Trash, a bunch of trash." In the early morning, a furious roar came from the three imperial palaces. This caused the palace maids, who had intended to serve Han Zhao outside, to not dare to enter the room, fearing that Han Zhao would vent his anger on him.

The guards in the room cowered on their knees, their hearts filled with fear when they saw Han Zhao's actions.

After he had spoken with Imperial Concubine Wen yesterday, he had wanted to leave the palace to find Cheng Kang and the others and ask them not to go to Yi City to have fun, but since he had been pulled by Zheng Xian to discuss the martial arts test, he had to put this matter aside first. He hadn't thought that he would hear from the dark guard this morning that Cheng Kang and his men had actually killed Zuo Jie in Yi City's Bamboo Scene, and that they had been forced into the Imperial Palace by Xiao Ya.

"You're saying that they're currently locked up in the Imperial City?" Han Zhao narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Yes, yesterday, Prime Minister Zuo wanted to kill them all, but Seventh Prince stopped him." The guard said respectfully.

"Han Xiao wanted to use this opportunity to sow discord between me and Zuo You Shi, if I didn't show up, then Cheng Kang and the others would definitely be killed. Although they may not be able to see through it, they also have some status in the Demon Shadow Sect, especially Cheng Kang, who is my grandfather's most favored disciple, but I personally guaranteed that their Zuo You Shi would completely deviate from me and walk towards Han Xiao's camp. Han Xiao's move was really good, no matter what I did, it was all wrong." After saying that, Han Zhao's eyes glared angrily as he crushed the chair in front of him.

The dark guard felt even more uneasy as he felt the murderous intent coming from Han Zhao. He was afraid that Han Zhao would vent his anger on him.

"Then, Third Prince, what do you plan to do?" The guard asked carefully.

"I'll go up to the court and return first." After saying this, Han Zhao took his court uniform and strode out.

Compared to his usual self, he came here quite late. Just as he was about to step forward and see Zuo You Shi, who had been waiting for a long time, he saw Zuo You Shi's body by his side, walking in the opposite direction.

A trace of killing intent flashed across Han Zhao's eyes when he saw Zuo You Shi's obvious attitude, but he quickly covered it up.

"The court will meet with all the officials." The gates of the True Sun Palace opened as everyone entered. Han Xiangtian slowly walked to the Dragon Throne from the other side and sat down.

"Esteemed officials, is there something important?" Han Xiangtian looked at the ministers and asked.

"Your majesty, please redress my son's grievances. My son Zuo Jie was killed yesterday by some people who call themselves the Devil Shadow Sect. Furthermore, those thieves were delusional enough to try to assassinate the Seventh Prince. Please give the order to kill those thieves." Zuo You said as he knelt down.

"Is there such a thing? Xiao'er, is what the Left Premier said the truth? " Han Xiangtian asked.

"It is true that returning to father is a matter of fact, but those bandits have already been locked up in the imperial palace." Han Xiao bowed and said.

"Killing the Prime Minister's son and trying to harm the Prince. Such a felony should be put to death." Han Xiangtian faintly said, but the killing intent in his voice was undisguised.

"This old official will obey. This old official will go now." Before Zuo You Shi could finish, he was interrupted by Han Zhao.

"Wait, royal father, these people can't be killed." Han Zhao walked out from the side, looked straight at Han Xiangtian and said.

"Oh, did Zhe'er know them?" Han Xiangtian asked, raising an eyebrow. His eyes were cold.

Although he didn't want to care, Han Zhao had no choice but to meet Han Xiangtian's eyes and nod, "Yes, and they are indeed from the Devil Shadow Sect. Therefore, Imperial Father, they can't kill him."